Shrub suggestions pls

[Smowball]

I have a border on right side of garden - its a raised border built from railway sleepers and soil is about 2 feet deep and a foot wide. This border is in sun all morning and in shade all afternoon. i need a few shrubs for it that have colourful flowers ideally, and flower for as long as possible. Or maybe even evergreen shrubs? TIA

[coffeeman]

lupins for good colour
lilacs ,lavenders...for great smell
fuscias are very easy to grow and give strong colour

hope this gives a few ideas..

[Hawkwalk]

why not go for evergreens that flower such as choisya, viburnum, vinca, hebe, Daphne, Convolvulus cneorum. Or some good foliage colour from Euonymus, Cinneraria, Brachyglottis, Aucuba,

[Sir Alec]

Hydrangeas are very hardy and colourful.

[Smowball]

Ooh some great answers there!

[hammerman]

Go for a mix of colour and foliage.....

Phormium bronze baby
Spirea goldflame
Fatsia japonica varigata
Some of the smaller Euphorbias
Philadelpus microphyllus
Choisya sundance
Geranium johnsons blue
any heathers for winter colour
a couple of nice dwarf conifers for elegance or foliage.

[woofgang]

roses, loads and loads of roses.......

[Smowball]

hammerman, some brilliant ones there!

[rowanwitch]

As the bed is so narrow but reasonably deep how about a slightly odd suggestion a row of ballerina apple trees ( single stem dwarf varieties that grow well in containers) underplanted with dwarf lavender and patio type training roses or try using variegated lemon thyme, golden marjoram and purple sage for a productive bed that would smell wonderful too Avoid anything thorny if a little one will be toddling around at som point... also anything with long stiff pointy leaves

[rowanwitch]

trailing not training

[Smowball]

Some lovely ideas there rowan,especially the lavender